'Undercover Boss' was learning experience for Chiquita CEO Aguirre

2:11 PM,
Oct. 29, 2010

Fernando Aguirre drove a forklift to load bananas onto a tractor trailer truck at Chiquita?s Boston distribution center. In spite of getting a license ahead of time to operate the forklift, Aguirre had trouble handling the forklift, breaks a pallet and angers a co-worker.

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But the biggest adjustment for Fernando Aguirre during the shooting of "Undercover Boss"? Losing his beloved BlackBerry and iPhone for hours, sometimes days at a time.

"I had to be totally disconnected from my daily activities," says Aguirre, chairman and chief executive officer of Chiquita Brands International Inc. and Sunday's featured boss on CBS' popular reality TV series. "I had no guess that the moment these people took over my life at 5 a.m., getting mikes ...